$the Hague - of-Well

$the Hague - Of-well is a common French, located in the department of the Manche and the area Basse-Normandie.

Its inhabitants are called the Haytillon () S

Geography

The commune belongs to the Regional natural park of the Marshes of Cotentin and Bessin.

History

Sit of important a baronnie Norman, the foundation of the city goes back to the Moyen-Âge.

The history of the commune was in particular marked by the terrible lawsuit in sorcery, last of the kind, which starts in 1669 and which blamed the abbot Questier, Charlotte Vavasseur (her beautiful sister) and Richard Baude (an atheistic shepherd). Thirty-four other people will be also implied, recognized guilty and condemned to roughing-hew. This lawsuit of the wizards of $the Hague - of-Well then makes great noise and Colbert request with Louis XIV to postpone the executions. The king commutes the sorrows to banishments of the province (July 19th, 1670). The order arrives at Carentan the very same day where condemned to death were going to undergo their last torment. Except that the Questier abbot had died out the day before at the bottom of his cell. Become insane, Charlotte Vavasseur was collected by marshal of Bellefonds to the castle of the Isle-Marie.

In 1944, the catch of the city by the allied forces require 10 days of engagements, causing its destruction for half. It was rebuilt out of stones of the country.

Administration

Demography

Places and monuments

The Keep

Economy

The city is for a long time a borough trading, famous at the 19th century for the trade of butter and cattle.

Sport

$the Hague - Of-well accommodates Gainsbarre, cycle race in the honor of Serge Gainsbourg, which had financed the local club.

See too

Common of the English Channel

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